DENYSE WANG STONEBACK FOR 16TH ILLINOIS STATE REPRESENTATIVE
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She doesn't just follow a progressive agenda, she sets ​it.

Gun violence prevention
Even before she was elected, Denyse was instrumental in passing meaningful gun safety legislation in Illinois. She founded the gun violence prevention nonprofit, People for a Safer Society, after the Sandy Hook School shooting. She helped pass landmark legislation that has made people in Illinois safer, including Gun Dealer Certification and the Firearms Restraining Order law.

​As a new state representative in her first year, Denyse passed HB1092 to strengthen Illinois' Firearms Restraining Order (FRO) law. The FRO was designed to prevent the next mass shooting, hate crime, or gun homicide or suicide. The new law includes yearly training on how to use the FRO for law enforcement and an education campaign for the public. It was the also the first step in Illinois to address ghost guns. Read more about this new law: 
Pritzker signs bill to strengthen the Firearms Restraining Order Act despite opposition  
Police Have a Tool to Take Guns From Potential Shooters, but Many Aren’t Using It​
Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More.
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  • Supports strengthening the Firearms Owner Identification Card (FOID) system to include mandatory fingerprinting for all gun sales
  • Supports microstamping of firearms and other ballistics improvements to help police solve gun crimes
  • Supports combatting illegal trafficking of firearms 
  • Supports banning assault weapons and large capacity magazines
Pro-choice & Women's Rights
Denyse believes reproductive rights are human rights. She unequivocally believes in a woman’s right to choose.​
  • Supports the constitutionally protected right for women to choose their own healthcare
  • Click here for a PDF with Denyse's record on Women's Rights​​
Taxes
Denyse believes working families are overtaxed in Illinois. 
  • Supports lowering property taxes
  • Supports modifications to the Tax Increment Financing law to make sure it is used to rebuild blighted communities and protect public schools​
Education
Denyse is a champion for public schools. She attended Middleton Elementary, McCracken Middle School, and Niles North High School. She understands that access to quality public education is essential.
  • Supports fully funding public schools including K-12 and higher education
  • Supports an elected school board in the City of Chicago​
Environment
Denyse believes we must pass down a safe and healthy environment to our future generations. 
  • Supports Illinois meeting its goal of 100% clean energy by 2050 by supporting the Clean Energy Jobs Act
  • Supports banning fracking on public lands​
Government Transparency
Denyse will not take a penny from corporate PACs. 
  • Supports campaign finance reform to minimize the influence of large contributors
  • Supports a ban on lawmakers lobbying local governments
  • Supports a 2-year cooling off period before lawmakers can become lobbyists​​
Healthcare
She believes the cost of healthcare is too high and wants to make it more affordable.
  • Supports universal healthcare
  • Supports working with hospitals to ensure they are in-network for ACA insurance plans​​
Our most vulnerable
She believes we must never stop working to help others who are in need.
  • Supports increasing funding for Department of Children and Family Services and reorganizing the Department to reduce caseloads
  • Supports the development and expansion of mental health centers
  • Supports improving care for senior citizens in Illinois
  • Supports increasing funding for services and aid for the developmentally disabled with the goal of eliminating the wait for services​​
Criminal Justice
She believes our justice system must be restorative and community-centered, instead of punitive and inequitable.
  • Supports community policing strategies to ensure that police departments see collaboration with communities of color as the first step toward a more equitable system
  • Supports evidence-based restorative justice approaches and alternatives to incarceration when possible, particularly for those who are homeless or need care for mental health or addiction issues.
  • Supports ending the harmful practice of cash bail
  • Supports improving conditions and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in correctional facilities​
Responsive Leadership
She has worked to engage residents to ensure that their voices are heard and that government works for the people
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